William Saroyan

William Saroyan (August 31, 1908 - May 18, 1981) was an American author who wrote many plays and short stories about growing up impoverished as the son of Armenian immigrants. These stories were popular during the Great Depression.

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Stories

• The Daring Young Man On The Flying Trapeze (1934)
• The Human Comedy (1943)
• Tracy's Tiger (1943)
• The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse

Plays

• The Time Of Your Life (1939) - winner of the New York Drama Critics' Award and the Pulitzer Prize
• Hello Frankie!
• My Heart's in the Highlands (1939).

Song

• "Come On-a My House", a hit for Rosemary Clooney, based on an Armenian folk song, written with his cousin, Ross Bagdasarian, the impressario of Alvin and the Chipmunks.

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